A year ago, Hester Street Collaborative and Asian Americans for Equality, two of our Immigrants and Parks Collaborative members, released a community visioning report to inform renovations at Allen and Pike Street malls, a set of linear parks along Allen Street, also known as "Avenue of the Immigrants". Hester Street and AAFE held a series of events aimed at engaging the largely immigrant populations of Chinatown and the Lower East Side in providing input for the redesign of their park. The City's Department of Transportation and the Parks Department have started working on the upgrades. I encourage everyone to visit and see the transformations for themselves!

For more information and to download a copy of their report, check out Hester Street's website http://www.hesterstreet.org/ or the article in streetsblogs.

Check out our new introductory video which talks about the issues around engagement of immigrants in parks and the significance of this work! It also highlights some of the work being done on the ground by members of the NYC Immigrants and Parks Collaborative.

Enjoy and feel free to post any comments:
View Out Introductory Video On YouTube